Doctor Who Heads to the Past to Rescue Russell T. Davies’ First Who Script

Most nerds know Russell T. Davies because the architect of recent Doctor Who, the person who resurrected the beloved however very a lot deserted sci-fi franchise for the twenty first century, with assist from stars Chris Eccleston and Billie Piper. But this wasn’t Davies’ first work on Doctor Who, which was a script titled “Mind of the Hodiac” that seemingly had been misplaced to time. Now, Davies is resurrecting his story as effectively, with assist from Big Finish and their Who audio dramas.

What makes this story so attention-grabbing is that Davies wrote the script when Colin Baker was taking part in the Sixth Doctor, accompanied by Bonnie Langford’s companion Melanie Bush, and thus it was written with these two in thoughts. Now Baker and Longford will have the ability to carry out the 35-year-old story that was supposed for them, due to the audio medium. It’s additionally attention-grabbing is that it doesn’t look like “Mind of the Hodiac” was tragically misplaced as a result of the BBC both turned it down or ignored it. In reality, it’s not clear whether or not the BBC even requested Davies to write down a Who script, or if he took it upon himself to submit a script for the present. According to his Wikipedia, he’s solely joined the BBC a yr earlier than, and was working completely as a graphic artist within the youngsters’s programming division. Honestly, “Hodiac” might be thought of fan fiction, at the very least till Big Finish picked it up. Here’s the synopsis:

“In the depths of space, the mysterious Hodiac is manipulating the Galactic Stock Exchange to raise money. His aim? To hire mercenaries for a deadly quest across the stars. Meanwhile, on Earth, an ordinary British family is plagued by a series of psychic events. The one thing connecting these events is a magnificent patchwork coat—which just so happens to belong to the Doctor!”

“Mind of the Hodiac” was really solely the primary a part of what Davies supposed to be a two-episode story, which means he by no means wrote half two. Big Finish has tapped Scott Handcock, who’s penned and directed a number of Who audio dramas up to now, to finish the story utilizing Davies’ notes on what he’d initially deliberate to come back subsequent. “Mind of the Hodiac” isn’t due til March 2022, however you may pre-order both the digital obtain or a CD model now over at Big Finish.

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